Rabbi Rachel Isaacs
Rabbi Rachel Isaacs was named one of “America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis” (2014) by the Jewish Daily Forward. Ordained in 2011 by the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she studied as a Wexner Graduate Fellow, Isaacs is the spiritual leader of Beth Israel Congregation. She is also the inaugural holder of the Dorothy “Bibby” Levine Alfond chair in Jewish Studies at Colby College. In 2016, she delivered the final Hanukkah benediction of the Obama administration at the White House.
Articles by Rabbi Rachel Isaacs
Ahavat Olam and Ahavah Rabbah: How God Shows Us Love
God does not show us love through indulgence or simple tenets of faith, but by illuminating the way to a holy life.
Tammuz: Remembering Our Spiritual Center
How Jewish is the Hebrew Calendar? When we use a Hebrew word to identify a period of time, we may ...
Words of Torah, for Marriage Equality: Rabbi Rachel Isaacs
Marriage equality is on the ballot in four states this November – Maryland, Washington, Minnesota, and Maine – which could ...